The Life of Gerhard Heilmann Gerhard Heilmann was a Danish artist and paleontologist born in Skelskør, Denmark. Although he briefly studied medicine, he moved away from those studies in 1883 to become an apprentice painter under Frans Schwartz and later P. S. Krøyer. His professional career included working at the Royal Copenhagen porcelain works from 1890 until 1902. As a freelance artist, he contributed illustrations to various books…